MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                               Monday, April 14, 2003 
                                     4:15 p.m. 
                       Administration Committee room, E1.714 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Monday, April 14, 2003, in the  
         Administration Committee room, E1.714 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
         Senator John Whitmire 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:36 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out the recommended list for the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar scheduled for April 16, 2003, upon  
         adjournment of the Senate. There was discussion on the  
         recommended list.  The chair asked that SB 306 be held, at the  
         request of the author, to await the House companion; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Whitmire moved that all  
         bills on the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list  
         except SB 59, SB 249, SB 634, SB 786, SB 395, SB 422 and SB 306  
         be certified. The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0  
         nays, 1 absent and 0 present not voting.  
          
         The chair laid out HB 970 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Jackson, to explain the bill.  The chair asked if there  
         was anyone in the audience who wished to testify on, for, or  
         against HB 970; hearing no one, the chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.  
         Senator Janek moved that HB 970 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Whitmire moved that  
         the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Van de Putte inquired about locating a space in the  
  
         Capitol building to set aside where nursing women could go to  
         pump for breast milk.  Senator Harris appointed a subcommittee  
         of Senator Van de Putte to work with Patsy Spaw to find a space  
         for nursing women.  The chair asked Senator Van de Putte to  
         report back to the full committee with her findings at a later  
         date.  
          
         There being no further business, at 4:50 p.m. Senator Harris  
         moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen Rejino, Clerk